Yearly Archives: 2009

MILWAUKEE, WI - May 26, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will join Marquette University Law School Dean Joseph D. Kearney tomorrow for a press conference to announce the Attorney General’s grant award to support a mortgage foreclosure mediation program in Milwaukee and throughout the state.

MADISON, WI - May 13, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Wisconsin home sales and median prices both fell in the first quarter of 2009 compared to that same quarter last year according to data just released by the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (WRA). The lingering national recession caused unemployment in Wisconsin to increase significantly during the first three months of the year, resulting in the housing market drop, according tot he WRA. "The housing market doesn't operate in a vacuum," said Michael Mulleady, Chairman of the Board of the WRA.

Milwaukee, WI - May 7, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Acting United States Attorney Michelle L. Jacobs announced today that a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin returned a twenty four count indictment charging five people with wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme.

WASHINGTON, DC - April 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) today announced that the Village of Cazenovia, Juneau and Sauk counties, and Monroe County Shelter Care have all received grants from the United States Department of Agriculture under the Rural Development Program.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - March 31, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Central States Mortgage Co., which provided mortgage services to more than 250 credit unions, has filed for receivership and plans to liquidate its assets.

WAUWATOSA, WI - March 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — CSMC Inc., a Wisconsin-based mortgage broker doing business as Central States Mortgage (CSM), suspended operations Monday, the company announced.